Personal Study Choosing A Text. Choosing A Text: Genres  Prose: Novel or Short Story  Poetry  Drama  Non-Fiction.

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Personal Study Choosing A Text

Choosing A Text: Genres  Prose: Novel or Short Story  Poetry  Drama  Non-Fiction

Where To Find Out More oRecommendation from family, friends or your teacher oSurf the net for summaries and reviews of texts: try oLists in textbooks like “Essay Skills for Higher English” oBookshops and Book Fairs oSummaries available in texts like “The Oxford Companion to Literature” and “The Reader’s Companion to the Twentieth Century Novel” oYour local or school librarian

The Personal Study: Next Steps  Your teacher will expect you to have chosen something by the summer holidays.  You must read your text over the course of the summer holidays.  If you realise you have made the wrong choice during the holidays, find something else by using the same process as before.